CES (‘the first appellant’) sought damages from Superclinics (‘respondent’) for the loss of an opportunity to terminate her pregnancy. The first appellant, a 21-year-old woman, visited a doctor at Superclinics after she missed her period. She stated that if she were found to be pregnant, she would like the pregnancy terminated. The doctor did not …Read more

The plaintiff was infected with HIV through an artificial insemination (“AI”) procedure performed by the defendant physician in 1985, before the various methods of HIV transmission were widely known. The physician performed 35 AI procedures on the plaintiff between 1981 and January 1985. The physician did not warn the plaintiff about the possibility of HIV …Read more

Respondent, Steven McCourt, as representative of his wife, Wendy McCourt, brought wrongful death and survival causes of action against appellant physicians, Glenn Abertnathy and J.D. Clyde and Family Medicine Associates. Decedent Wendy McCourt sought treatment from appellants in December 1987. Dr. Abernathy obtained a history from Wendy revealing a history of liver problems. In March …Read more

Plaintiffs, Michael Sean Rizzo Sr. and Pamela Rizzo, filed this action against defendant physician Maurice Schiller, who they alleged breached the standard of care owed to them with his negligent and nonconsensual use of obstetrical forceps during Mrs. Rizzo’s delivery. Pamela Rizzo was admitted to Fairfax Hospital on November 7th at 9:00am in active labor. …Read more

Appellant doctor appealed an award of $808,564.38 to respondent patient. Appellant doctor had operated on the right eye of respondent patient in an attempt to improve its appearance and restore some sight as respondent patient’s right eye had been sightless from a previous injury. The lower court had found that appellant doctor had operated with …Read more

The case discussed the limits of a medical facility’s liability for acts committed by an individual treated on an outpatient (loosely defined, an outpatient is a patient who visits a medical center for diagnosis or treatment, but does not stay overnight at the facility. Per contra, an inpatient is admitted for close monitoring of the …Read more

Malette, a Jehovah’s Witness, sued Dr. Shulman for administering a blood transfusion contrary to her prior expressed wishes. Malette was rushed to the emergency room after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident. She was semi-conscious and bleeding profusely. One of the nurses found a card in her purse, which stated she was a devout …Read more

After being knocked down in a motor accident with a speeding car, a scooter driver was taken to the nearest hospital by a good Samaritan. The nearest hospital refused to treat the victim. It directed him to another hospital twenty kilometres away which was apparently better suited to provide treatment in medico-legal cases. The victim …Read more

Hugo Tunkl filed suit to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of two physicians at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, a non profit charitable institution. Tunkl died after suit was brought, and his wife was substituted as plaintiff. Tunkl was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center …Read more

Plaintiff brought action for malpractice against defendant physicians at the “Budge Clinic,” for (1) negligently treating him and discharging him and (2) refusing to treat and abandoning him when he was in immediate need of medical treatment. On March 11, 1935 plaintiff went to Budge Memorial Hospital to seek treatment for an infected hand. Defendant …Read more